Asia - Pacific Regional meeting of the TUI - (Transports & Communications) held at Thiruvananthapuram today.

The Asia - Pacific Regional meeting of the Trade Union International (Transports & Communications), is held at Thiruvananthapuram today. This TUI is affiliated to the WFTU (World Federation of Trade Unions). Com.Ali Riza (Turkey), president of the TUI presided over the meeting. Com. Matthew (France) General Secretary, welcomed all the delegates and reported on the activities of the TUI. Com.P. Abhimanyu, Vice-President, BSNLEU, who is the Convenor of the Communications Sector of this TUI, participated in the meeting and spoke on the developments taking place in the communications sector in India and around the world. Com.Swadesh Dev Roye, Deputy General Secretary of the WFTU addressed the meeting. He told that, 25 crore workers went on the General Strike in India on 9th July, 2025, opposing the Four Labour Codes, anti-Public sector policies of the government and on other important demands of the Indian working class. Delegates from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam and Laos participated in the deliberations. In-depth discussions took place, regarding the working conditions of the workers in the Transports and Communications sectors. It was reported that, delegates from Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan could not attend this meeting due to visa problem, while delegates from Philippines could not attend due to heavy rain and flood in that country.